komeh Iramba, Irwaji, K iw a , Wema, Kibibi,
Uzm, Wanzi, Uruma, Utamba, Mwama, Ugey ey a
Usamu, and N amung i-an area o f 30,000 square
miles. I f we reckon in also Unyoro, Ukedi, and
A n k o n , which recognize Mtesa’s power, and
p a y tribute to him, though somewhat irregularly
we must add a further area o f 40,000 square
miles, making the total extent o f his empire
about 70,000 square miles.
Some estimate o f the population ought also
to _ be offered. But it is to be understood that
it is only a rough estimate, made b y a traveller
who has had to compile his figures b y merely
taking into consideration the number o f the army
assembled at Nakaranga, and enumerating districts
and villages along the line o f his travels.
Countries and Districts.
t t j copulation.
Uganda proper (from Ripon Falls) to Katonga river 750,000
Bwera \ ’ I00’000
Koki . , .....................................................
Usoga 70,000
Ukedi . • • • • • • • . . . . 500,000
Unyoro . . . ‘ ' ' I3°>000
Usagara or Ankori. . 500,000
Karagwe . ‘ .............................. ' ' I 300>000
Usui . ‘ ' I5° ’000
TT , . . * » * • 8 0 : 0 0 0
Uzongora, including Ihangiro and Bumbireh . . . .200 000
Sesse Island . . ’
TUT v um a ......................'. ... 20’,000
All other islands. .
10,000
2,775,000
This number gives about thirty-eight persons
to the square mile throughout the empire o f
Uganda,
The productions o f the land, are o f great
variety, and, if brought within reach o f Europeans,
would find a ready market— .ivory, coffee,
gums, resins, myrrh, lion, leopard, otter, and
goat* skins, ox-hides, snow-white monkey-skins,
and bark-cloth, besides fine cattle, sheep, and
goats. Among the chief vegetable productions
are the papaw, banana, plantain, yams, sweet
potatoes, peas, several kinds o f beans, melons,
cucumbers, vegetable marrow, manioc, and tomatoes.
O f grains, there are to be found in the
neighbourhood o f the capital wheat, rice, maize,
sesamum, millets, and vetches.
The soil o f the lake -coast region from the
extremity o f Usoga to the A lex and ra Nile is o f
inexhaustible fertility. T h e forests are tall and
dense, and th e teak and cottonwood, tamarind,
and some o f the gum-trees g row to an extraordinary
height, while many o f the lower uninhabited
parts near the lake are remarkable for
the density, luxuriance, and variety o f their v e getation.
T he higher land, for the most part devoid o f
trees and covered with grass, appears better
adapted for pasture, though the plantain and fig-
* The white goats of Usoga are like the famous Angora
goats with fine silky hair from 4 to 8 inches in length.